Fd 1: One carbon copy and three photocopies of various accounts of Captain James Colnett aboard the ship Prince of Wales, a sailing vessel traveling northward from Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia to Cook Inlet in Alaska and back again for purposes of trade with the Native Alaskan and First Nation peoples. The timeframe for these documented travels is circa 1755 to 1806. The carbon copy is on onion skin and is of a manuscript transcription from microfilm. The remaining three (3) copies are photocopies of same or similar documents.
Fd 2: Printed copy of Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition (San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1920) a journal kept in 1775 on the Sonora by Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle . . . translated by The Hon. Daines Barrington from the original Spanish manuscript”. The formatting of this document is in the unbound signature style with the exception of the introduction and index which are photocopies. The journal relates the travels of ship and crew along the Northwest coast of America from California to the Gulf of Alaska and back.
Fd 3: Photocopies of journal pages from the book, Voyages of the “Columbia” to the Northwest Coast 1978-1790 and 1790-1793 (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1941). There two stapled groupings of photocopies of pages from the book: Group one begins with the cover and end at page 229. Stamped on the left side of the cover page is: “COMPLIMENTS OF THE ALASKA STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES”; Group two includes pages 215 through 347 ending with copy of cover page. The copied material concerns the sailing of the ship Columbia along the Northwest coast of America in 1791-1793. The narrator relates the trading and relational interactions of the ship’s crew with the indigenous peoples encountered. The journals also inform the reader as to location through given latitudes.
Fd 4: Transcription (44 pages) of Captain James Colnett’s journal entitled, Remarks from Voyage to the N W Side of America” originally published in 1798. The transcription was completed by Dr. Olson and subsequently sent to Frederica de Laguna along with a cover letter. The timeframe of this material is from March 19 to June 21, 1788.
Fd 5: Photocopies from the document entitled, The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-West Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wales 1794-1799 (Cambridge, University Press, 1967). There are 12 stapled photocopies with one half-sized library reference page. The journal and letters relate to the ship’s crew perspective regarding trade relations with the indigenous peoples of the Alexander Archipelago and Queen Charlotte Islands.
Fd 6: Photocopies from book entitled, The Journal of William Sturgis by S. W. Jackman, (Sono Nis Press, 1978). There are two groupings of pages: 1) stapled and consists of introductory pages 13 through 29, and 2) loose leaf pages from cover to page 136. Also present is a page of typewritten notes by Wallace Olson. The subject of the journal pages concern William Sturgis’s experiences aboard the ships Eliza and the Ulysses during travels up the Northwest coast of America from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Sitka, Alaska. The timeframe is circa 1798-1799.
Fd 7: Photocopies of various documents regarding the ship Jefferson’s travels through the northwestern coastal area of Queen Charlotte Islands and the AlexanderArchipelago from 1791-1795. There are three (3) groupings of papers: 1) two pages, loose leaf, from the Boston Library’s Catalog of Manuscripts of the Massachusetts Historical Society along with response letter from library to Dr. Olson; 2) article, entitled, “A Yankee Trader on the Northwest Coast, 1791-1795” by F. W. Howay found in the publication, The Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. XXI. No.2, dated April 1930; and 3) 36 loose leaf pages (two administrative pages and 34 pages of copied handwritten pages) sent from the Massachusetts Historical Society regarding logs from the ship the Jefferson written by Bernard McGee from the dates July 21 – August 27, 1793 and May 1-31, 1794. The documents detail trade relations with the indigenous peoples and the cultural problems encountered in the Queen Charlotte Islands and south Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago. Of note to researchers: Page 91 paragraph 3 of the article mentions potlatches in the last sentence: “. . . it is believed that this is the earliest description.”
Fd 8: Photocopies of an excerpt from the book, The Sea, the Ship and the Sailor, Tales of Adventure from Log Books and Original Narratives (Marine Research Society, 1925), as told by John Bartlett, a sailor aboard the ship Gustavuus heading from China to the Northwest Coast of America in circa 1791. There are two groupings of copies of the same story with the largest consisting of thirty pages, loose leaf and the second, an attenuated copy, consisting of five stapled pages. Although the actual account of importance begins on page 295, the sailor’s manifest is found on page 293. These are the names of those who were on the ship at time of anchoring in Bartlett Sound at 48 degrees 56 minutes North. The Gustavuus sailed to the Queen Charlotte Islands northward to about 63 degrees North then began the return trip south. The narrative details trade relations with the indigenous peoples as well as the cultural problems that ensued.
Fd 9: Photocopies of excerpts from the French language book, Mémoires du Capitaine Péron, sur ses Voyages aux Côtes d’Afrique, en Arabie, a l’Île d’Amsterdam, aux Îles d’Anjouan et de Mayotte, aux Côtes Nord-Oeust de l’Amérique, aux Îles Sandwich, a la Chine, etc. (Paris: Brissot-Thivars, Libraire, 1824). The excerpts are loose leaf, 32 pages total and are comprised of the complete chapters two and three, page one of chapter four, five pages from chapter seventeen and three maps of the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Cordova Bay area of the lower Alexander Archipelago. Accounts of Captain Francoise Perón’s exploration of the northwest coast of America occurred in the 1790s and include contacts with the indigenous peoples.
Fd 10: Photocopied excerpts, 2 sets, white paper with black print, stapled, from a book by author Richard J. Cleveland entitled, In The Forecastle; or, Twenty-Five Years A Sailor (New York: World Publishing House, 1876). The excerpts consist of twelve pages (one title page and eleven from Chapter VII) from the book. Attached to one set is a photocopy of a page from the book by J. P. [struck through and renamed, Richard Jeffry] Cleveland [of Salem, Mass.] entitled, Voyages, Maritime Adventures, and Commercial Enterprises, In All Part of the World: Comprising A Period of Twenty-Four Years, In Every Kind of Craft, From the Boat of Twenty-Five Tons, to the Indiaman of One Thousand Tons, And on the Most Laborious and Hazardous Enterprises (London, 1842). The excerpts chronicle the travels, circa 1799, of an unnamed ship through the Queen Charlotte Islands and southeast Alaska in order to conduct trade with the indigenous peoples.
Fd 11: Photographs, in plastic sheets, 73 in number, black and white, 3.5” x 5” with negatives. The photographs were taken at the Taku Harbor Fort Durham site (a one-time Hudson[‘s] Bay Company trading post in the 1800s) during an archaeological survey lead by Dr. Olson in 1974 and an archaeological workshop also led by Dr. Olson in 1977. Documents pertaining to the archaeological survey can be found in Folder 12.
Fd 12: Photocopies of documents on white paper with black print pertaining to the Fort Durham archaeological site report titled, “Survey of the Fort Durham Site July 12-16, 1975”, authored by Dr. Olson, Susan Millard, Nancy Pagenkopf, and Ray Pagenkopf. The report is bound with GBC black binding. The remaining documents were used as resources for the site report and include archaeological site reports from 1975 (2 copies) and 1977 (2 copies), assorted survey maps and various historical accounts of the Hudson[‘s] Bay Company involvement regarding Canadian and southeast Alaskan trade activities. Please note: Photographs taken of the Fort Durham site during the archaeological surveys of 1975 and 1977 are located in Folder 11.
Fd 1: Photocopies of various geodetic documents, maps and photographs pertaining to scientific surveys done at the Fort Durham site in Taku Inlet. The dates range from 1888 to 1975.
Fd 2: Photocopies and printed documents on white paper pertaining to the history of the Taku Harbor Fort Durham trading post site. The various documents include a partial rough draft of Dr. Olson’s book, A History of Fort Durham, A Hudson’s Bay Compnay [sic] Trading Post Located in Taku Harbor 1840-1843, Within the boundaries of present day Juneau (Heritage Research: Juneau, Alaska, 1994). Other documents include photocopies of a transcription of Sir James Douglas’s original journals as well as articles about and excerpts from books written about Sir James Douglas and George Simpson, two high-ranking persons in the Hudson[‘s] Bay Company’s western American regions during the during the time Fort Durham was built.
Fd 3: Photocopy of oversized original hand-written document, twenty-five pages, loose leaf, white legal size paper with black print with hand-written notations in margins, pertaining to the journals of Sir James Douglas while at Fort Tako (Taku) in 1840. The journal is correspondence to various individuals assigned to or associated with Fort Tako (Taku). Correspondents include: A. Etholeny (Adolf Karlovich Etolin) (Arvid Adolph Etholén), Governor of the Russian American Colonies, August 1840; E.E. Roderick Finlayson; John McLaughlin; Captain Duncan; John Work; John Antonowitch Koopreanoff (Ivan Antonovich Kupreanof), Governor of the Russian American Colonies, July 1840; Captain Scarborough; and Wm. John Kennedy.
Fd 4: Photocopies of various documents on white paper with black print pertaining to background history of Fort Durham, also known as Fort Taku. The documents come from various authors and sources and include: Hubert Howe Bancroft; Roderick Finlayson; Thomas Lowe, crew member of the ship Beaver (1897, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910); and Capt. John T. Walbran, Assistant Hydrographer (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909). Of note is a piece of correspondence from the Hudson’s Bay Company to Mr. William P. Hruska, dated 24 February 1970, regarding the building of the post in 1840 and the reasoning behind the subsequent closure of Fort Taku/Fort Durham in 1842.
Fd 5: Original and photocopied correspondence concerning the disagreement regarding the designation of the Fort Durham/Fort Taku as a registered historical site with the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The principal correspondents are: Dr. Wallace M. Olson, Professor Emeritus; Mr. William S. Hanable, Chief [of] History and Archaeology; and Mr. Robert N. DeArmond.
Fd 6: Working copy with mark-ups of book by Dr. Olson entitled, A History of Fort Durham, Hudson’s Bay Company Trading Post Located in Taku Harbor, 1840-1843, Within the boundaries of present day Juneau, Alaska (Heritage Research: Juneau, 1994).
Fd 7: Photocopy of a printed manuscript by Joan Marie Mantei entitled, Tsetsaut (Zitz Zaow) Indians (1994, unpublished manuscript). The author relates the history of this little known people, “An Athabascan tribe bordering on the salt water of Portland canal [the Portland Canal People], where two countries divide, Canada and the United States”. Ms. Mantei states her Grandmother was the last of the Tsetaut people. There are two stapled groupings of pages: 1) personal narrative (four pages) of Tsetsaut history through knowledge passed down by older relatives; 2) literary draft of manuscript (nine pages) from introduction to first page of chapter two.
Fd 8: Photocopies of various documents relating to historical sites, most specifically the Warm Chuck Village site, Heceta Island, in Southeast Alaska. Included is a research report collated in a three-hole, blue report folder with white label on cover. The printing on the label reads, “REPORT OF SURVEY AT WARM CHUCK VILLAGE SITE, 1989, Prepared by. [sic] W.M. Olson”. The report was presented to Sealaska Corporation by Dr. Olson in 1989. Of note to researchers: Also included in the folder is a photocopy of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals summary of the case, United States V. Lynch, 233 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir. 2000), a precedent setting case, which vacated the conviction of Ian Martin Lynch for knowingly removing an archaeological resource from public land that violated the Federal Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). Lynch had removed a human skull from the Warm Chuck Village site which was subsequently carbon dated to 1400 years old. The appeals court concluded that Lynch acted without knowing his actions violated ARPA. Also included are a case summary as it pertains to environmental law and an interview with Mr. Lynch published in the Juneau Empire, January 21, 2002 edition. Lastly, included in the folder is a printed copy of an article written by Madonna Moss entitled, “Outer Coast Maritime Adaptation in Southern Southeast Alaska: Tlingit or Haida?” (Arctic Anthropology, Volume 45, Number 1, 2008).
Fd 9: Copy of a manuscript submission with cover letter dated September 25, 2005, sent to Dr. Wallace Olson by Norman Lewis Smith Sr. M.A. for peer review. The manuscript has a total of nine pages of white copy paper with black print and is stapled. The cover letter is a single loose leaf page. The manuscript is entitled, The God’s Island Benchmark (Norton Publishing: Albion, Nebraska, 2005). The subject of the manuscript is the first authorized scientific expedition to Alaska undertaken by the United State government in 1867.
Fd 10: Photocopies of various documents, white paper with black print, 63 pages bound together with binder clip, concerning a report done by George A. Hall, National Park historian, concerning Sitka, Alaska and the Glacier Bay stories of the Tlingit Huna Chookaaneideí clan of the Eagle moiety. The copies include correspondence between Hall and clan members, National Parks interdepartmental memoranda, the completed Alaska Humanities Forum “Application Cover Sheet” and rough draft copy of Hall’s report for the National Parks’ publication. Of note to researchers: These documents include a great deal of Tlingit history specific to the Sitka and Glacier Bay area. Mrs. Lonnie Houston was the primary historical contributor with additional contributions from clan members: Lonnie, Houston, Alex Andrews, Willie Ross, George Dalton, Max Lindoff and Jim Martin. The story subjects include: “Kakequte”, “The Story of the Kagwantan”, “The Slave Traders”, and “The Glacier Story”. Mr. Hall’s field notes include information regarding the interviewees’ names, relationships and interactions that occurred between the clan members as well as interactions with Mr. Hall. This information directly relates to the legal and cultural significance of clan at.óow, which includes the stories of Glacier Bay. A copy of the National Park publication (upon which Hall’s research was based) entitled, “Mission 66 for Sitka and Glacier Bay National Monuments” is available at the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, call number, F912.S52U6 1966 V.F..
Fd 11: Photocopy of a faxed rough draft production script, seven pages, loose leaf, white paper with black print, pertaining to a video project sponsored by the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA). The subject concerns the southeast Native Alaskans need to create a unified political faction in order to deal with the socio-economic discrimination being experienced in territorial Alaska. The subjects include: Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, CCTHITA, Sealaska Corporation, Native Regional Corporation; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA).
Fd 12: Correspondence, 1976-2000. Correspondents include academic anthropologists and the leadership of the Sealaska Corporation.